US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Ketamine for Hyperactive delirium

1,335 under review31 sources30 named agencies13 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 4 mg/kg across 28 published protocols, with the middle half between 4 and 4.

31sources
30named agencies
13states
47entries
28named here

1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

28sources
27named agencies
13states
31entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
24445

Values in mg/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.

Routes

  • IM 87%
  • IV/IO 7%
  • IV/IM 3%
  • IV/IM/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 27 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

13sources
13named agencies
5states
13entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
22445

Values in mg/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.

Routes

  • IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 13 named agencies / 5 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

3sources
3named agencies
1states
3entries
0kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

  • IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

Named agencies

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.